Saxdor 320

Onboard the Saxdor 320

The Saxdor 320 is built for movement rather than lounging: a low, sporty hull, open cockpit seating for up to ten guests, and a single cabin below that works better as a place to stash bags and change than as sleeping quarters. Leaving Port Olímpic, the boat sits flat through turns and holds a confident line at speed, the kind of feel that suits a day built around covering distance rather than sitting still at anchor.

Head south past Barceloneta and the run down to Sitges fills a good part of the morning, with time to anchor off the town's beaches for a swim before lunch ashore at one of the seafront restaurants. At just over ten metres, the Saxdor 320 can work closer to shallower stretches of coast than the larger yachts in the fleet, and its open deck gives ten guests room to move between swims without the boat ever feeling crowded.

It suits groups who want a brisk, informal day rather than a slow cruise: friends marking an occasion, a couple after a few hours away from the city, or a small corporate group where the appeal is the ride and the lunch stop rather than a formal setting. Because it's a day boat with one cabin, charters run within daylight hours only, and booking ahead through the summer months is worth doing, since demand for fast, compact boats like this one rises with the season.